“Music and Rhythm find their way into the secret places of the SOUL”
-Plato
Pahadi – The tune of the mountains
As I leave Sarkaghat, Himachal Pradesh today, I express my amazement at the amount of enrichment this week has provided me! Nestled in the...
Amar Shonar Bangla, Ami Tomae Bhalobashi!
The more you travel and explore places, the more you question concepts like nationalism and identity. What is Nationalism? And how does it bind...
The Folk Tunes of Kalinga
When the great Hindustani vocalist Kumar Gandharva said that every ‘Raag’ finds its origin in a ‘Dhun’, he used the folk songs from the Malwa region...
Bhimsen Joshi – The Man who Connected India
India gaining independence was a significant step for her Music. It meant that all the musical forms, from all the corners of the country...
The Significance of Miyan Tansen
Early morning today, I saw a Tweet from the famous Twitter handle @MarathiRT that it is Miyan Tansen’s birthday. Though the birthdays of historical...
New Orleans – Birthplace of Jazz
Today is International Jazz Day! Jazz as a Musical Form developed in the period of late 19th Century to early 20th Century, making it...
Indian Music’s Central Asian Connection?
While in school and also in some years of my college life, I used to play cricket on my building’s terrace. Buildings then were...
Dhrupad – Tracing an Ancient Indian Sound
It was somewhere in December last year. I went to attend Ustad Bahauddin Dagar’s ‘Rudra-Veena’ performance at the Karnatak Sangh Hall, Matunga. Notwithstanding my...
Let’s Get Started
April is a very significant month for Classical Music Lovers in India. Three of the all time greatest Musicians were born in this month...
